Happy weekend!
We went over to the yearling barn to visit 12Z this morning after the fog lifted. He was turned out with a group of lazy colts, grazing and napping in the morning sunshine. They were all quite interested in the camera, especially 12Z and his chestnut friend (Heather from Lane’s End told us they’re best buds).
Enjoy the new photos!
-Team Z
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Z:
Happy, Happy 9th Birthday. Are you going to share your Birth Date with the little one? Love you. Hugs, JB
Molly
Happy Birthday, Zenyatta. Wonder if you’ll get a birthday cake this year. I’m sure the Mosses have something special planned for you or maybe t’will be the other way around. We can only hope. Have a most wonderful day.
♥ Major Pacing Auntie Judy aka JAG / So. Cal ♥
HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY QUEEN ZENYATTA!!!
ღ♫♥Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ♥ღ*HUGS*♥♫♥ ♥♫ ღ♫♥Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ♥ღ
Love, Auntie Judy
♥ Major Pacing Auntie Judy aka JAG / So. Cal ♥
p.s. My thought: Will you foal your Tapit baby today or tonight…? Give yourself a present – we will be thrilled for YOU!
XOXO
Keta
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A P INDY!!
A.P. Indy tweet
24 years young today.
Trina Nagele in So Cal --PUR
Happy birthday, A P Indy!
shirleeinindy
So many of the great ones with birthdays in the last few days. Much be magic in the end of March.
How nice to get up in the morning and look at pictures of Z and The Prince. We gotta cozy up to someone at Lanes End and find out about who CF is.
Max
AP Indy, one of the best ever. Happy Birthday. I hope that you and Z get lots of horsey treats today.
Sandy (Northeast Ohio) PUR
Happy Birthday AP Indy! One of your best buds, Sue Fredrick, is having one of those . . . well . . . sorta uncomfortable tests today so send her some good thoughts. I’m sure she will be by later to send YOU some very special birthday wishes!
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Keta:
Thanks. Happy 24th AP. Hugs, JB
Vicki B. near Hollywood Park
Happy Birthday, Zenny! Wish I could be there, but you know how it is.
Debbie
Happy birthday Zenny you are truely
Beautiful
Trina Nagele in So Cal --PUR
A Poem for Zenyatta on the Occasion of Her Third Birthday at Lane’s End
(April 1, 2013)
–revised from earlier years
You’re our heroine horse with a glowing coat,
Dark bay or brown, spangled with dapples,
Who pranced and danced straight into the heart
Of every fan
Before each race’s start,
And when you then ran,
With your final flying motion
You filled us all with awesome emotion.
Naturally, after the race,
YOUR number shone FIRST on the tote!
Zenyatta, we soon learned
To love you,
And before your days
On the racing scene
Were through,
You had more than earned
Our highest praise
And our deepest devotion
Along with the title Queen.
Dearest Z,
You have given the world a noble son
And a second precious little one
Is on its way,
Arriving perhaps even today.
For all your feats,
Dearest Queen,
And simply ’cuz you’re a gift from above
Who shares with us so much love,
It is meet
That you receive today
Many a sweet treat.
For you we hope there’ll be
Luscious apples,
And juicy pears would also be dandy.
Carrot cake with icing
You might well find enticing,
And surely peppermint candy
Will for you be kept handy!
This final wish we now loudly proclaim:
May you, sweet Queen, long reign
At the farm at the end of the lane!
Sue/FlCPRC
Trina you have outdone yourself. This is Zenyatta thank you.
Terri Zeitz
Thanks for the beautiful poems Trina. Zenyatta is surely one of your muses.XOXOXO
Max
Trina. This is very well done as usual. It captures the charming magic of our Z.
Happy Birthday, Zenyatta.
Sandy (Northeast Ohio) PUR
Great poem for our Queen Trina!! What a busy time this has been for you, and the “big one” yet to come! (No pressure or anything :-)
Sally B. (cherish Z- Wi.)
Trina, I just loved your poem for Zenyatta. Sally B
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Trina:
Just lovely. Hugs, JB
Marshall (NC broad)
Thanks, Trina!!
Cheers
Trina Nagele in So Cal --PUR
Here’s an April 1st birthday poem for Shirley Donoho (turning 83!), Sue W from VA (aka Sue of “Sue and Tony” or “Crazy4Z” on the Forum), RebornRuffian12 (turning 18!), Karen Mitchell from Berkeley, CA, and any other Z-ster who shares their birthday with Zenyatta. Spike, the horse loved and lost by Sierra, is also included.
A Birthday Poem for Z-sters Born on April 1
(April 1, 2013)
Since the day
That Zenyatta burst
Onto the scene,
It’s been passé
And dusty old-school
That April 1st
Could be thought
The day of the fool,
Subject to ridicule
Or taunting derision!
That concept all Z’sters eschew,
For, as to this date,
The Queen
Has brought
A revision
Of thought—
In this new
Vision,
An April 1st birthday is cool
And totally seen
As first-rate!
We do congratulate
Shirley, Karen, Sue,
RebornRuffian12,
And all others too
(Perhaps there are more
If we deeper delve
Beyond these four)
Who your birthdays share
With Zenyatta, the illustrious mare
For whom we all deeply care.
Happy birthday to you
And of course
To our favorite horse,
Zenyatta the Great!
Hope you’re all ready to celebrate!
I would also like
To remember Spike,
The formerly terrestrial,
Now sadly celestial,
Horse whom Sierra did love,
Who celebrates his birthday today
In the heavenly pastures above.
Sue/FlCPRC
Beautiful Trina
suew/Va
Trina, thanks for the poem. As with all your othr creations, it was perfect.
Max
Trina. Very nice. Happy Birthday greetings to all who are lucky enough to share their birthday with the Queen. Enjoy this day.
Sandy (Northeast Ohio) PUR
Happy Birthday to Shirley, Karen, Sue, and RebornRuffian12. Hope Sierra stops by to see this too – we remember her horse Spike as well as her very entertaining stories.
judy berube from Rhode Island
Happy Birthday Sue, Shirley, RR, Karen M. and all Z’sters who share a birthday today with our Queen. Another wonderful poem, Trina. Hugs, JB
Marshall (NC broad)
Another great, Trina!
To All whose birthday is April 1 : HAPPY BIRTHDAY and many more!!
Cheers and hugs
andrej
april first, happy birthday and day of birth near warm tall dark bay beautyfull Zenny with white back legs, flowers sweet potatoes apples pears lil peppermint for you, stought guinness to me, milk will be, growing 12z and chestnut bud and yearlings and fillyes happy warm spring for you, Zenny and twelvz kiss you love you and horses
maureen phi-llips
Good morning and Happy Birthday to the Queen of Z nation, Here’s hoping that the day will bring you great Joy and Happiness and an Awesome visit with your lovely mom and dad. Surely the Prince will visit to wish his mama a Happy Birthday.
Or perhaps you will be surprising us with a gift of your own to us, with the arrival of the little Princess. No Pressure, just have fun and if she comes, she comes.
Much love from all your Z nation family
Hope all my Z nation family members have the most Blessed day ever !, and that the Easter celebration was Peaceful and full of Joy. It is well.
Any news as to how the lovely Royal D fared at the race. So long as she and everyone else is safe we are happy.
Zeshaan Bokhari
happy birthday Zenyatta, I was thinking how nice it would be if her foal was born today as well.
Sue/FlCPRC
Happy Birthday sweety I love you. If you like today as your Z13 new day first day with you great. Like mother like daughter… Or tomorrow is another great day too. My Brian was bore that day. I think a few peppermints and a carrot cake should be yours today. I love you everyday Sue
maryp ny
Happy 9th Birthday dear Zenyatta!! What a great day it would be to have your foal!!
Anyway, I know you will get plenty of love and good things to eat from Ann and all your friends!
Love you sooooooooooo much. God Bless you and keep you safe and sound.
Maryp
Amyk
Happy Birthday lovely Z. You and your family will be in the best of spirits today sharing all sorts of special treats and and that indescribable love you bring to everyone around you. Maybe a sweet treat for us in a present gift-wrapped literally by you? Enjoy your special day and don’t forget to share with your handsome boy, your first gift to all of us.
Brenda S. Fort Erie, Canada
HAPPY BIRTHDAY darling girl, I wish that I could be there to give you a birthday hug and some nice pear treats. I’m sure that you’ll get lots of loving hugs from Ann and Jerry so enjoy your special day.
Peggy (N) South Georgia (PUR)
Happy Birthday my Beautiful Zenyatta. Hope you have many more.
Peggy (N) South Georgia (PUR)
Dear My Buddy AP Indy
Wishing you a happy wonderful Birthday. Hope you have many more.
Keta
Timeform tweet The Irish Grand National is today at 16:50.
Read our runner-by-runner guide now
http://betting.betfair.com/horse-racing/horseracing-tips/race-of-the-day/irish-grand-national-timeforms-runner-by-runner-guide-310313-143.html
Max
To the racing gods, please bring all of these horses and riders home safely. Good luck to Willie Mullins and his horses.
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Max:
Amen! Hugs, JB
Max
How is this for a turn of events on Z’s birthday? The Irish Grand National was won by 50-1 odds against mare! On Z’s birthday, a mare beat the boys and jumped to glory. Bravo to Liberty Counsel and her trainer, Dot Love. Yes, Dottie’s a woman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmnWY5OvT_M&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Karen Line
Handsome 12Z! Wish your MamaZ a happy birthday!!
Happy Birthday, Zenyatta, and may you have manymanymany more to come!!
Darlene Daniels
Dearest Zenyatta,
Happy, happy birthday my angel. I love you forever. I am so happy your Mom and Dad, Ann and Jerry are there with you. The photos of you together gives me such a peaceful feeling.
12Z, you are looking handsome as ever. Sometimes you remind me so much of you Dad, other times your Mom and other times your grandma V. You have great genes for sure. Love to you little handsome man.
Have a wonderful day everyone.
Love to all.
Darlene Daniels
Mary Margaret in Georgia
Special Birthday Wishes for a Very Special Lady, our Queen Zenyatta. May your day be a Special One.
Also, Birthday Wishes to the magnificent A.P. Indy and thank you for the legacy you have given us.
Young and old, may you all stay safe and warm.
Bobbie --- Elkhorn WI
Happy Birthday, Zenyatta! Maybe you will get a little 4-legged present today :-)
Keta
Racing Post tweet with link to card
Sprinter Sacre, Flemenstar and Cue Card among nine entered in Friday’s Melling Chase at Aintree
http://www.racingpost.com/horses2/cards/card.sd?race_id=574428&r_date=2013-04-05#raceTabs=lc_
Allen
Happy Birthday Zenny!
Susan In Fl
Happy Birthday Z! Peace & Happiness
Jan D./ Texas
Happy Birthday, Zenyatta. Hope you have a very special day with your Mom and Dad being there. So glad they are with you today.
shirleeinindy
Sheena, Did I have a senior moment, or did you say you mom’s birthday was April 1? If that is so, Happy Birthday to our friend Sheena’s mom.
Sue Fredrick Pacing in Earnest
******************************HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZENYATTA****************************************
Have a special day beautiful girl with lots of treats and fun with your mom and dad, oh and by the way if you decide to add a third to the party I’m sure it will be welcomed with open arms by millions of people.
Also a very happy birthday to my special guy A.P. INDY, who is 24 years young. Hope your enjoying retirement and will for many years yet.
Kisses on noses to all of you Auntie SUE
Sandy (Northeast Ohio) PUR
There you are already – didn’t think we would hear from you until later today so sorry that I misspoke to AP Indy in an earlier post. Should have known you wouldn’t make him wait :-)
Sue Fredrick Pacing in Earnest
Sandy,
Invasion is at 11;00 had to wish my two favs birthday greetings. I’m hitting the Chinese Buffet on the way home!! Hugs
P.S. Just saw it was Dynoformers birthday too……..happy birthday kisses sent to that pasture in the sky.
Sally B. (cherish Z- Wi.)
Spoke to Sue F on the phone later yesterday. She was having a crappy day ………..on Easter!! She’ll feel better real soon. Sally B
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Sue Fredrick:
All the best today. Thank you for the reminder of Big D’s Birthday. Happy Birthday Dynaformer. Hugs, JB
shirleeinindy
Sue, Been there, done that. The day before is the worst. At least you get to sleep through the worst. It is that time again for me this year and really dread it. I did have to take my ex-husband for one and quite enjoyed that. How many get to take their exes to have a stick and a light bulb put up “you know where?”
Sally B. (cherish Z- Wi.)
Oh Sue F; Is A.P. Indy’s Birthday on the 31 of March or April 1st? Two years have gone by since we had seen him. He still is a remarkable boy!!
Sally B. (cherish Z- Wi.)
Oh p.s. , Happy Birthday to A.P. Indy!!! hugs,
Sally B
Max
Dynaformer shares this special day with Zenyatta. It’s his birthday too. This is a favorite video of him. Never forgotten. Happy Birthday, Big D.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLTWbmlbTxU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
shirleeinindy
Max, Did not know this was Big D’s birthday too. Thanks for the video. When I visited Three Chimneys, they would not let us get that close to him. Loved that he was like John Henry and had a lot of spirit (that is what I choose to call it.)
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Max:
Thanks for this video of Big D. What a handsome boy. Hugs, JB
Max
Shirlee. Here’s another short video of Big D. His handler is keeping his distance. One of the women says – Wow – when she sees Big D in all of his glory. Wow indeed. He was tall and majestic, like our Z. His personality was – different from Z, but I love him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT8icIrA5KE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
evy
Happy Birthday, Queen Zenyatta.